BACKLASH POLITICS: The Road of American Democracy and How We Win Now

The road in America toward a more perfect union is marked by a pattern: achieve progess, then backlash. Why, and how do we change this?
About this Event

This is an Institute for Common Power course, consisting of three lectures on the dates of:

Thursday, Jan 2

Monday, Jan 6

Monday, Jan 13

All content will be recorded and made available to registrants, so that registrants can attend live or on their own schedule.

Overview: The journey in the United States toward a more perfect union of multi-racial democracy is marked by a consistent pattern: monumental work achieves significant progress, and then there is massive backlash. The abolition of slavery was followed by lynching and racial terrorism, for example. It’s a pattern that we are now living through, with the MAGA Nation backlash to the presidency of Barack Obama and increasingly diversifying American landscape. What does this pattern tell us about our path forward, and is there a chance that we can break this cycle? In advance of the inauguration of our 47th President, this Institute course explores how we have, do, and must overcome. Registrants will receive viewing instructions/reminders in advance of each lecture.

Professor David Domke

Lectures for this course both (a) will occur live at 5 pm PT on January 2, 6, 13 via Zoom, and (b) will be recorded for everyone to watch on your own timing. Registrants will receive viewing instructions/reminders in advance of each lecture.

There are three levels of registration for this course. The content is the same across the levels; the different price points are merely for you to pick the one you wish!